This guide will assist in finding resources on the social, religious, intellectual, scientific, artistic, economic, and political aspects of various cultures from ancient times to the early modern era.
From Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures One of the three main groups of Iron Age Gaul. The Belgae put up fierce resistance to Caesar's legions before their final pacification in 51 BC.
From Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures The inhabitants of Great Britain during the Iron Age and Roman periods, mainly the descendants of the original post-glacial settlers of Britain.
From Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures An ancient people of the Carpathian Mountains and Transylvania, in what is now north-central and western Romania.
From Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures One of the major groups of ancient Celts. They were progressively conquered by the Romans between 295 and 51 BC.
The Roman town of Aquae Sulis (‘waters of Sul’ - the British goddess of wisdom) was established in the first 20 years after the Roman invasion of AD 43.
In the ancient world, the area now known as France was occupied by a number of Celtic peoples known collectively as the Gauls, and Gaul was also the name given to their territory. The Phoenicians and Greeks had left their mark in the south of Gaul by establishing the trading station that afterwards developed into the city of Marseille, but that was the extent of their influence.
From A Guide to the Ancient World, H.W. Wilson The home of innumerable tribes, was brought forcibly to the notice of the Romans by the invasions of the Teutones and Cimbri
From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather guide Period in British history from the two expeditions by Julius Caesar in 55 and 54 BC to the early 5th century AD. Roman relations with Britain began with Caesar's expeditions, but the actual conquest was not begun until AD 43.
Megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain, 3 km/1.9 mi west of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England.